Fox News insulted Kyiv: Ukraine demands immediate apology!

Fox News insulted Kyiv: Ukraine demands immediate apology!

Kiew, Ukraine - On April 21, 2025, the US broadcaster Fox News caused excitement when he described as a Russian city during a live broadcast of an Easter service from Moscow Kiev. This misleading overlap was sharply criticized by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Horhij Tychyj, spokesman for the ministry, called for an apology and a comprehensive examination of the incident, which caused outrage in the Ukrainian press and politics. According to Krone, FOX News is known as the housekeeping of the former US President Donald Trump, who is said to be close to the Kremlin.

Donald Trump himself had blamed Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj for the Russian attack on Ukraine and declared that he was not a "big fan". The current situation is also complicated by the hostility lived between Kyiv and Moscow. Russia had attacked Kiev at the beginning of the war, but failed to conquer the city.

ceasefire and air strikes

During the controversial transmission, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin announced an “Easter custody”, which was not followed. Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of having broken the ceasefire. President Selenskyj had asked for a 30-day break after Easter that Russia did not comply with. The Ukrainian head of state suggested to forego attacks with drones, marching air bodies and rockets on civilian objects for at least 30 days, but the reaction from Moscow failed to materialize. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow indicated that Putin had not given a command to extend the fire break.

The escalation of violence in Ukraine is evident in the increasing air alarms, especially in the areas of Sumy, Charkiw, Saporischschja, Donetsk and Dnipro. According to [T-Online] (https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/id_100687216/fox-news-kiev-als--s- ukraine-demand-demand.

media consideration and public

Reporting on the Ukraine War has increased in intensity and nature in the past few months. An analysis showed that the German media, especially large leading media such as the FAZ and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, mostly attributed responsibility for the conflict during the first months of the war. In the meantime, public discussions about possible measures to terminate the war took place, which included diplomatic negotiations and economic sanctions.

The support in the German population for hard measures against Russia has remained high since the beginning of the war. [Bpb] (https://www.bpb.de/themen/europa/ukraine-analysen/nr-289/541402/analysis-die-qualitaet-der-Medien-ueber-wer- War- War-against-Die-Ukraine/) determined that the majority of the reporting focus on political actors, with more than 80 % of the Colded actors came from politics.

These developments raise questions and show how tight media reporting and geopolitical conditions are linked. The incident with FOX News also illustrates the challenges that journalists are facing in times of war and propaganda.